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Senate Roll Call 403, 105th Congress · April 28, 1998

A bill to consolidate international affairs agencies, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes. — (SENATE PASSED THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1757, TO CONSOLIDATE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AGENCIES TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR FISCAL YEARS 1998 AND 1999, TO ENSURE THAT THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) PROCEEDS IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH UNITED STATES INTERESTS, TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA, AND TO PRESERVE THE PREROGATIVES OF THE CONGRESS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Conference Report

51 yea · 49 nayConference Report Agreed to
Democrat2 yea · 43 nay
Republican49 yea · 4 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1757 ↗

Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1997

Policy area: International Affairs — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.85): Authorizing NATO expansion and state department foreign affairs funding expands US international security commitments.

    Tagged by: keyword:nato

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Authorizing appropriations for state department and foreign affairs agencies increases federal spending.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (51)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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